Feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and decidedly unhappy? Try cooling down with this mini-meditation:
1. Stop whatever you are doing right now, close your eyes, and focus on your breath until your mind quiets.
2. As thoughts come up, allow them to float away by gently redirecting your mind back to your inhalations and exhalations, blotting out whatever is going on around you.
3. Stay in your mini-meditation for fifteen minutes (or start with five minutes and work your way up to fifteen minutes).
With practice, you can easily learn to quiet any mind chatter that may be distracting you. Doing a mini-meditation is a great way to refocus yourself and find some calm.